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Wijchen is a municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern part of the Netherlands.Population centresNumber of residents per population centre per 12 December 2009:Source: Statistics NetherlandsThe population centre Woezik and the township Laak are statistically included in Wijchen.NeighbourhoodsNeighbourhoods in Wijchen include: Centre: KloosterakkerWijchen-Oost: Valendries, Oosterweg and Uilenboom.Woezik: Veenhof and Saltshof.Wijchen-Noord.Achterlo: Homberg, Heilige Stoel and Kraaijenberg.Wijchen-West: Blauwe Hof and Aalsburg.Wijchen-Zuid: Abersland, Diepvoorde, Huissteden, Hoogmeer, De Ververt, De Geer, Elsland, De Weertjes, De Grippen, Zesakkers, Zevendreef, Sluiskamp, Oudelaan, and Kronenland.Kerkeveld: De Gamert, De Meren, Diemenwei, De Flier, De Lingert.Huurlingsedam. Streets in most neighbourhoods are numbered instead of named. This is not common practice in the Netherlands, therefore the street numbers are included in the house numbering. E.g. someone living in Abersland, 11th street, house #05 will usually use Abersland 1105 in his address.Wijchen Castle (town hall)Parts of Wijchen Castle date from the 14th century, but it took its current Mannerist form in the years 1609 - 1629. It is surrounded by a moat and used to serve as the town hall. Currently, the town hall is on the other side of the road, while the castle is only used for important meetings.Notable residentsFred Rutten (born 1962), football coachRoy Makaay (born 1975), footballerClaudia van Thiel (born 1977), volleyball player